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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oak Hill, WV

Holy sh!t I don't know how those poor people live in that town.

My family and I went whitewater rafting in WV nearby this town. My dad is a huge, huge Hank Williams fan and knew that he died in Oak Hill, WV at some gas station. We drove up there as it was only maybe an hour from us and that town is so depressing. The gas station he died at was torn down so there's just a tiny plaque now. Other than than, like every store front in the town was empty, boarded up, or had smashed windows. There was no grocery store we found, either. We were going to re-supply while there and all we could find was a convenience store. There was also only 1 place to eat, a Wendy's, and the one worker at the counter was 100% high as a kite. She kept scratching her arms and hair so we left.

Pretty crazy experience because the other towns around there and where we were camping and rafting were lovely. [/quote]

Oak Hill is actually one of the nicer towns in southern WV.  There is a Kroger on the eastern edge.

The library where Hank was found dead was my local library growing up.  You want to see depressing, go west and south.  Logan County is much less well off then Raleigh.

Anyway I don’t find WV to be that depressing.  I find cookie cutter suburbs like those in NOVA much more depressing.  WV is beautiful.[/quote]

We were mostly in Fayetteville, WV during our trip and I really loved that place. But we also explored Beckley, Thurmond, Hinton, and a I know a few other small ones that I'm forgetting. Friends who had been in the area several times took us to a place in Mount Hope for dinner and it was honestly some of the best Italian food I've ever had in the US. Prior to arriving in Fayetteville, we stayed for a day or two in Lewisburg which was a lovely place. I could live in a place like Beckley or Lewisburg.

Every town we visited was really cute and the state is gorgeous, but wow, Oak Hill was just depressing to me.  [/quote]

Fayetteville is adorable.  The place in Mt Hope is Gino’s probably, it’s amazing.

My grandma lived in Oak Hill so perhaps I have fond memories of it that no longer exist.  They had a really great Christmas parade I would ride my dad’s antique tractor in, and the chili & slaw dogs at Tom’s were legendary.  It isn’t that cute of a town in a Lewisburg or Fayetteville way, but it isn’t like Welch.

Does anyone live in Thurmond now?  When I was a kid it was a ghost town.  Interesting but not a place to reside!

The opioid crisis hit southern WV hard, as did the mine closures.  The only hope left is tourism so I hope they get it cleaned up more like Fayetteville.  But I would still move back to the area in a heartbeat if I had a chance.

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